Karen Akiens, JD, LL.M., MBA, is the Owner/Managing Attorney of Akiens Law Firm PLLC. This law firm has central office located in Magnolia, Texas, and a satellite office located in the Northwest Houston area at the corner of Cypress Creek Parkway (FM 1960 West) and Torrey Chase Blvd. Ms. Akiens is licensed to practice law in Texas and is double Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Tax Law, and Estate Planning and Probate. She limits her practice to the areas of asset protection, estate planning (Trusts, Wills), business planning (contracts, asset/stock purchase/sale), probate/trust administration, and tax. Ms. Akiens earned her B.B.A. degree from Warner Southern College, her M.B.A. degree from Temple University School of Business, her J.D. degree and her LL.M. in tax degree along with her Estate Planning Certificate from Temple University School of Law. She has earned multiple designations of one of Houston’s Top Lawyers and/or Lawyers for the People from H Texas from 2008-2017. She has also earned multiple designations as a Five Star Estate Planning Attorney from Five Star Wealth Manager from 2009-2014, as Top Lawyers in Texas, The Legal Network 2018. Ms. Akiens has given numerous seminars on the topics of Advanced LLCs, business planning and asset protection in addition to the other areas of law indicated above, and she is a co-author of an article titled “Choice of Business Entity in Texas,” published in the Houston Business and Tax Journal, Volume IV, page 292 (2004). She is a member of the Houston Bar Association, the Northwest Houston Bar Association, Northeast Harris County Bar Association, Woodlands Bar Association, State Bar of Texas, Greater Magnolia Parkway Chamber of Commerce, NW Harris County Chamber of Commerce, and The Woodlands Chamber of Commerce.